Fruit-jar holder.



Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

E.A.VANDENBURGH. FRUIT JAR HOLDER. APPLITION FILED SEP?. 14, 1909.

QmMmMww l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ESTHER A. VANDENBURGH, OF RIDLONVILLE, MAINE.

FRUIT-JAR HOLDER.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ESTHER A. VANDEN- BURGH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Ridlonville, in the county of Oxford, State ofMaine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit-J arHolders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in fruit jar holders and hasparticular reference to a holder designed to be inserted into a cookingvessel and when so positioned to hold a plurality of fruit jars arrangedin said vessel, in spaced relation.

One object of the invention is the provision of a collapsible holderwhich may be folded into a comparatively small compass when not in use.

Another obj ect is the provision of a holder adapted to engage the upperends or the bulged portion of the fruit jars to be held.

`W ith these and other objects in view as will more fully hereinafterappear, the present invention consists in certain novel details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointedout in the appended claim; it being understood that various changes inthe form, proportion, size and minor details of the device may be madewithout departing from the spirit or sacrifcing any of the advantages ofthe invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of the specification -Figure lis a plan view of a cooking vessel showing a plurality of jars arrangedtherein and my holder applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalview of the same. Eig. 3 is a detailed plan of the holder when in foldedposition.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to designate correspondingparts throughout.

As shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive the holder consists of a plurality ofstrips 5. These strips are each preferably formed of two pieces of thickwire, twisted one upon the other throughout their lengths. The lengthsof the strips will be governed by the size of the vessel used forpreserves and likewise the number of strips will be governed by the sizeof the vessel. The strips 5 are,

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 14, 1909.

Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

serial No. 517,714.

adjacent their opposite ends and at their intermediate portions, spreadapart, whereby openings are formed. The strips 5 are held spaced by aplurality of strips 6 arranged transverse the first-named strips 5. Thesecond series of strips, like the first-named series, are formed of wireand twisted like the strips 5. In the construction illustrated in F ig.l four strips are used in the rst series while three are used in thesecond series, and each strip in the latter series has its wiresadjacent the opposite ends and intermediate portions spread apart toform openings adapted to aline with the openings in the strips of thefirst series. These alining openings receive pivot pins 7, which serveto unite the strips and permit the strips of both sections to be foldedsubstantially parallel with each other.

Reference now t0 Fig. 1 discloses the fact that the intermediate stripof the second series is somewhat longer than the strips in eitherseries, and its length corresponds to the diameter of the vessel usedfor cooking, or approximately so. The function of this elongatedintermediate strip, is to prevent movement of the holder when the latteris positioned on the jars. The rectangular openings formed by the stripswill be sufficient to receive the upper ends of the bulged portions ofthe jars and the latter when positioned in the openings will bepositively prevented from movement toward each other, said movementbeing imparted to the jars by the action of the boiling water in thevessel.

As shown in E ig. l a tray or stand is preferably used in connectionwith the device and is designed to hold the jars spaced from the bottomof the vessel. In the present instance this tray or stand is preferablyformed of wire netting designated by the numeral 9 and shaped tocorrespond to the cooking vessel. The outer edge of the body portion 9is bounded by a metallic rib l0, which serves to strengthen the mesh anddepending from opposite points of the rim 10 are supporting legs ll,which serve to hold the tray and the jars spaced from the bottom of thevessel. With this construction it is obvious that fruit ars may beplaced in boiling water without any danger of the jars striking againsteach other and becoming broken.

It will be further observed that the device is exceedingly simple instructure and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture and may bereadily applied to any forni of vessel used for cooking preserved fruit.

lVhat is claimed as new, is

A foldable fruit jar holder comprisinga plurality of spaced parallelrods, each of said rods being formed of a double thickness of Wireprovided adjacent its opposite ends and intermediate portions Withopenings, a second series of spaced parallel rods arranged transversethe first-named series and having openings adjacent their opposite endsand intermediate portions to aline with the openings of the irst-narnedseries and pivot pins insertible through said alining 15 openings.

In testimony whereof, I affix rny signature, in presence of twoWitnesses.

v ESTHER A. VANDENBURGH. `Witnesses EDITH ALLAN VANDENBURGH, CAROLYNKENNSTON.

